Mercy Health
Registered Nurse (RN) - Care Management - The Jewish Hospital - PRN
Mercy Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45208
Registered Nurse (RN) – Care Management – The Jewish Hospital – PRN
Everyone who works with Mercy Health is united under one purpose: to help our patients be well in mind, body and spirit. This drive, along with our history of faith, is a powerful combination. It gives us a shared calling to work toward every day. Join our exceptional team and help us continue to provide the highest quality of health care possible to our communities.
Job Summary The RN Care Manager is responsible for providing coordination of care for patients to support safe, seamless, timely transitions across the continuum. This role utilizes a collaborative process; the RN Care Manager identifies, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual’s health and health‑related needs, including social‑determinants that affect one's overall wellbeing. The RN Care Manager is responsible for screening, identification, and assessment of individuals in need of active case management services and promotes the right resources, at the right time and at the right place.
Essential Functions
Identifies and prioritizes patients in need of care management services using a holistic approach inclusive of biopsychosocial, functional, cultural, spiritual, and financial factors. Plans with the patient, caregivers and members of the healthcare team to maximize health care responses, quality and cost‑effective outcomes. Monitors and revises the plan as indicated when patient condition changes.
Completes all necessary documentation and maintains clear, concise, and timely documentation in the patient record to reflect the needs of the patients. Handovers are expected to be utilized at points of level of care change, staff change, as well as care transitions.
Documentation will reflect plan of care to address post hospital care needs and resources and evidence of patient, family or caregiver involvement in planning. Ensures patient’s and caregiver’s treatment goals and preferences are incorporated into the transition of care planning and communicated to the multidisciplinary team.
Follows standardized practices and processes related to advance care planning, length of stay management and readmission prevention.
Supports denial prevention related to medical necessity through addressing / removing barriers to progression of care and participating in interdisciplinary discharge rounds.
Supports and promotes assertive, proactive care for patients, assisting in removing barriers related to achieving timely testing and treatment. Ensures resources are utilized appropriately and offers alternatives to acute care to the care team.
Education Licensure / Certification
BLS Basic Life Support – American Heart Association (required)
RN License in the state in which they are working or covered by compact (required)
Accredited Case Manager Certification (ACM) from American Case Management Association or Certified Case Manager (CCM) from Commission for Case Manager Certification or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Nursing Case Management board certification (preferred)
Experience
1 year of experience in a clinical setting (required)
3 years of experience in an acute care clinical setting (preferred)
Ambulatory or post‑acute, care coordination experience (preferred)
Training None
What We Offer
Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discounts
Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short‑ and long‑term disability, backup care for children and elders
Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support
Benefits may vary based on market and employment status.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are affirmative action and equal opportunity employers, please email recruitment@mercy.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com.
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Job Summary The RN Care Manager is responsible for providing coordination of care for patients to support safe, seamless, timely transitions across the continuum. This role utilizes a collaborative process; the RN Care Manager identifies, assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the options and services required to meet an individual’s health and health‑related needs, including social‑determinants that affect one's overall wellbeing. The RN Care Manager is responsible for screening, identification, and assessment of individuals in need of active case management services and promotes the right resources, at the right time and at the right place.
Essential Functions
Identifies and prioritizes patients in need of care management services using a holistic approach inclusive of biopsychosocial, functional, cultural, spiritual, and financial factors. Plans with the patient, caregivers and members of the healthcare team to maximize health care responses, quality and cost‑effective outcomes. Monitors and revises the plan as indicated when patient condition changes.
Completes all necessary documentation and maintains clear, concise, and timely documentation in the patient record to reflect the needs of the patients. Handovers are expected to be utilized at points of level of care change, staff change, as well as care transitions.
Documentation will reflect plan of care to address post hospital care needs and resources and evidence of patient, family or caregiver involvement in planning. Ensures patient’s and caregiver’s treatment goals and preferences are incorporated into the transition of care planning and communicated to the multidisciplinary team.
Follows standardized practices and processes related to advance care planning, length of stay management and readmission prevention.
Supports denial prevention related to medical necessity through addressing / removing barriers to progression of care and participating in interdisciplinary discharge rounds.
Supports and promotes assertive, proactive care for patients, assisting in removing barriers related to achieving timely testing and treatment. Ensures resources are utilized appropriately and offers alternatives to acute care to the care team.
Education Licensure / Certification
BLS Basic Life Support – American Heart Association (required)
RN License in the state in which they are working or covered by compact (required)
Accredited Case Manager Certification (ACM) from American Case Management Association or Certified Case Manager (CCM) from Commission for Case Manager Certification or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Nursing Case Management board certification (preferred)
Experience
1 year of experience in a clinical setting (required)
3 years of experience in an acute care clinical setting (preferred)
Ambulatory or post‑acute, care coordination experience (preferred)
Training None
What We Offer
Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discounts
Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short‑ and long‑term disability, backup care for children and elders
Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support
Benefits may vary based on market and employment status.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you'd like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health – Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are affirmative action and equal opportunity employers, please email recruitment@mercy.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com.
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